Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.
New American Standard Bible
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is
King James Version
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Holman Bible
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
International Standard Version
I observed every activity done on earth. My conclusion: all of it is pointless like chasing after the wind.
A Conservative Version
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
American Standard Version
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Amplified
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.
Bible in Basic English
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
Darby Translation
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw all the works they did under the sun; and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit
King James 2000
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and like grasping the wind.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.
Modern King James verseion
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
NET Bible
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!
New Heart English Bible
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
The Emphasized Bible
I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Webster
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
World English Bible
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!
Themes
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Science » Observations of, and deductions from, facts
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet Introduces His Quest
13 applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein. 14 Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind. 15 The crooked cannot be made straight, and the faults cannot be numbered.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11
But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
Thus began I to be weary of my life, in so much that I could away with nothing that is done under the Sun, for all was but vanity and vexation of mind:
Ecclesiastes 2:26
He giveth unto man, what it pleaseth him; whether it be wisdom, understanding, or gladness. But unto the sinner he giveth weariness and sorrow, that he may gather and heap together the thing, that afterward shall be given unto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vain thing, yea a very disquietness and vexation of mind.
1 Kings 4:30-32
so that Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all them of the East country and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
Psalm 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah
Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
for thereunto I applied my mind: that I might know what were wisdom and understanding, what were error and foolishness. And I perceived that this also was but a vexation of mind:
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soul should so depart away. Howbeit, this is also a vain thing and a disquietness of mind.